Ironing-board



(No Model.)

G. B. PERKINS.

RONING BOARD.

180.288.810. Patented Aug. 28, 1888.

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UNiTED l STATES PATENI ENCE.

GEORGE B.` PERKINS, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

lRoNINe-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,810, dated August 28, 1883.

Application filed January 18, 1883. (No model.) i

To all. whom. t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. PERKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ironing-Boards; .and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to bosom-boards which are connected with and form part of an ironing-table such as are employed in the ma'iiufacture of shirts.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the ironing ofthe collar-band of shirts, giving them the required shape and form, so that the shoulder of the shirt when folded will be on a line with the back of the collar-band.

My invention consists of a block or former of the required size and shape attached to the ordinary bosom-board of an ironing-table, and is connected thereto by means of a screw or other suitable device, and capable of being readily detached and substituted for others of different sizes corresponding to the different sizes of collar-bands, as required.

To more clearly understand my invention, reference is had to the drawings accompanying this specification and forming part of the same.

Figure l represents a broken plan view of the bosom-board, showing the former or neckblock attached thereto; Fig. 2, a broken edge view of the bosom-board and an edge view of the neck-block. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the under side or bottom of the neck-block. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the bosomboard and neck-block and a shirt attached thereto. Fig. 5 represents a view of a shirt folded and finished.

Its construction and operation are as follows:

A represents the bosom-board, B, the former or neck-block for the collar-band; a, the fastening screw; b, steady pin, c, springclamps; C, the shirt.

The neck-block B, Fig. l, is made to correspond to the size and shape required for the collar-band of the shirt, and is secured to the different sizes of blocks, so that they can beinbosom-board A by the thumb-screw (t, Fig. 2. The steady-pin b also passes through the block B and into the board A, and operates to keep the neck-block in place and prevent its turning. The rear end, d, of the 11eck-block,which forms the back of the collar-band of the shirt, is beveled, and while the general outline of the top edge is convex, the effect of thus cutting the end d at an angle with the top and bottom surface of the block will be to form the straight edge e on the under surface, and this straight edge will be set on a line and coincide 'with the edge f of the bosom-board. (See Figs. 6 5

l and 2.) Y

The edge f represents the shoulder-line ofthe shirt, Fig. 4. rlhe shirt is laid upon the board A, and the shoulder g of the same is brought against the edge f of the board, the collar-band 7o h inclosing the neck-block B, and the operator with the aid of the iron follows around the collar-band, pressing it to the shape of the block, and as the lower edge, e, ofthe block is straight and on a line with the edge f of the board, it 7 5 follows that the back part, c', of the band h, when finished, will be on a line with the shoulderline g ofthe shirt, as seen at Fig. 5. This enables the shirt, when nished, to be folded in a neat and tasteful manner.

The curved lines of the lower surface of the block B, (see Fig. 8,) instead of terminating abruptly with the line c andrleaving sharp an-f gular corners, are blended into the line e, as represented by the round corners m m.

Vhen necessary to iron collar-bands of a different size, the neck -bloek can be instantly re- .moved and another substituted in its place. The blocks are all intended to be used on the same board, the angle of the beveled ends bef o ing the same, and the hole j for the screw, Fig. 9 3, and the hole k for the steady-pin occupy the same relative position with the edge c of the block and the edge f of the board in all the terchanged, and the edges c and f will always I coincide.

The spring-clamps c c, Fig. 4, operate to keep the shirtin place during the operation of ironing. Said clamps are constructed of roo spring metal suitable for the purpose, and are preferably U-shaped in form, 'although other forms mightbe adopted that would give sufficient elasticity and grip the shirt above and below the board. They are not a permanent except at the corners m m, as represented, or

a very loW curve approaching very nearly to a straight line.

Having,` thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an ironing-table, the combination, with the bosom-board, of a detachable neck-block provided With a suitable clamping device to secure it to the bosom-board, said neck-block situated on the bosom-board, as described, so

Vthat the rear ofthe neckfblock, which supports the back'of the collar-band7 will be on a line and iush With the end of the bosom-board, which supp orts the shoulder ofthe shirt, Whereby the back of the collar-band may be ironed on a line With the shoulder-line of the shirt, substantially as set forth. f

2. The combination, with the bosom-board A, ofthe detachable neck-block B, clampingscreW a, and steady-pin b, said block having the beveled end d, and situated as described in relation to the board A, so that the line e of the block Will be Hush with the end f of the board, substantially as described.

GEORGE B. PERKINS. [L. s] Witnesses: RuDoLPH Kosfr, JULIUs DEIsER. 

